It is outrageous that a teacher finds herself behind bars for teaching a class - the authorities must release Dimyana Obeid Abd Al Nour immediately and drop these spurious charges against her

1- The judiciary should never be under the de jure or de facto control or direction of the executive branch of government. Egyptian state must respect the independence of judiciary and measures should be taken to comply fully with guarantees for judicial independence. Without independence of the judiciary there is no separation of powers and without separation of powers there is no rule of law or democracy